What was your first video rental?

[The Blowhard]

I ran to the local video store and rented "The Swinging Stewardesses".
It was awful.
I later rented "Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice" and freeze-framed Natalie Wood in her purple panties.
Priceless.

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[hyperspace]

holy shit you know i can't remember!! i know it was when a small town video store was actually able to operate at a profit!

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[furie]

the last starfighter


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[Alice S. Fuzzybutt]

"The Omen"

Not "batch" material, sorry guys.

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[Tall_James]

Kentucky Fried Movie

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[Captain Rooster]

Karate Kid and Ghostbusters

Whatta geek!

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This message was edited by LTRooster on 8-26-02 @ 10:17 PM

[irishkb]

My first movie was this BMX moving called RAD.. it was so kewl.. hahah i think was even a beta tape...not vhs...haaaaa

i found a review of it on imdb.com
Summary: Good classic 80's movie, a niche movie for BMXer's

RAD has quite a following among older BMXer's even until this day. The reason for this
is simple, the movie was one of the best BMX movies of the 80s. In fact, it was one of
the few, the only other "big" BMX movie I can think of is BMX Bandits, and well, that
movie just wasn't quite as good. RAD is based on a story of a small town BMXer that
goes up and competes against nationally known BMXers who have big sponsers behind
them (Mongoose, GT, etc.) and wins. RAD has many good points to it, including:
Stunts, Music and the normal 80's love story. As for the stunts, the movie has a cast of
some pro bmx riders and both the intro and credits to the movie are just about 4-5
minutes of freestyle riders showing off, not a bad way to start a movie if you ask me.
RAD has bike stunts/races throughout, starting with the intro, then Cru and his friends
delivering papers to local businesses/residents, then the Cru/Christian show at the
Helltrack Dance, and the main race/credits with various other stunts thrown in here and
there. As for the Music, well the only big song was "Send Me An Angel" which was
done by "REAL LIFE", an aussie band whose albums are generally hard to find in the
US. The Soundtrack for RAD is even harder to find than the movie itself is now, as I
have seen used copies of the movie selling for $20-$40, but have not seen one copy of
the Soundtrack selling. The normal 80's love story is between Cru Jones (Bill Allen) and
Christian (Lori Loughlin) and has the normal lover's spat/make up.

All in all, RAD is one of the best Bike/BMX/Freestyle movies ever made. It seems as
though RAD and Thrasher (a Skater movie which has always made me think of RAD
with it's major similarities) will always be remembers by the BMXer's and Skaters from
the 80s. It's a shame that both the Movie and the Soundtrack are out of print.
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[cherry ice]

Slamdance
(because I had a thing for Adam
Ant)
who knew I would become
enamoured of Tom Hulce instead


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Road to hell paved with
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[murfee]

texas chain saw massacre


joe poo ruulz

[A.J.]

I think it was a Police Academy movie.

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[jafter]

Great post Heckler, I can not remember my first rental. But I did rent a lot of the old cult films from the 60's.

Did you ever rent any of the sleazemania films. They were trailers of all of the old exploitation films.

I rented a lot of the John Waters movies.

Great small movie "Amazon women on the moon"


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[pinkyfloyd]

For a slumber party, we rented "Gremlins" and "The Munchies", which were scary movies when you're 7 years old.

"Sure, radio had a simple dignity. But people wanted to see the grieving families. And, as usual, technology refused to be dignity's bitch."
---'The Daily Show' on the advent of television

Oh, by the way, which one's pinky?

[DroopyGirl]

The horror movie Braindead

and no, we didn't realised what kind of video we picked out.

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[Freeze]

Three Ninja`s boy
I look back and realize what a peice of crap that was.

Its pretty cold in here.......

[FelixDasGato]

The first day I got my first VCR I rented Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

[The Blowhard]

Remember the Beta section in stores?
And what about the porn? Always in a room off to the side. People stared at you when you came out.

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[Schematic]

I DONT REMEMBER I BET IT WAS A HORROR MOVIE I LUV THOSE

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[RF Godfather]

Look Who's Talkin'...

"Put me back in... put me BACK IN!"

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[DC Reed]

I think Milo and Otis. Anyone remeber that movie with the wierd ass guy who did everyones voice, and its was about the dog trying to find his feline friend. classic kids movie.

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[Michael Fury]

Cujo. Then some good old-fashioned hardcore porn.





Fuck Disneyland. I'm going to Betty Ford!

[Doogie]

Return of the Jedi...

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[NJOperaman]

Empire Strikes Back. Best movie ever.

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[yarpwizard]

Who remembers....probably some porno flick? <P>

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[Trojan_rabbit]

I rented 2 videos the first time One was Rad The other was the Skateboard Verion of the same Movie called Thrasin'

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[Heavy]

Karate Kid

or Scarface or Faces Of Death (pt 1)

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[Kelly Deforest]

Dawn of the dead, great fucking movie !

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[DeltaPin]

Can't remember what video, probably horror or sci-fi. First DVD rental was Monty Python and the Holy Grail. And what about the porn? Always in a room off to the side. People stared at you when you came out. Local video store had saloon doors going into the porn section. When you went in or out they squeaked like hell so you couldn't even sneak in. <P>

[TheKnicks23]

I'm not sure what the first rental was but the first movies were HEMAN and RAINBOW BRITE

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[furie]

Bringing this back,
what was the first DVD that you owned?

Mine, Wrath of Khan.

[Jughead]

It was a vcr tape And the was a little room in the back with a gate..

[WhistlePig]

I remember my boyfriend's brother bought an early VHS machine for $900!! We'd watch all kinds of stuff, especially porn. I remember renting one called "the analyst" naively thinking it would be about shrinks (I was majoring in psychology at the time) and being very unpleasantly surprised.

[mikeyboy]

Ghostbusters

[Devo37]

the last starfighter


i think that was mine, too! it was either that or Weird Science. can't remember which was first.

[underdog]

My first movie was Oberammergau Passion Play

Is Blowhard just going to keep talking over everyone's responses?

[Hottub]

Pink Flamingos.

It was taboo!

[BoondockSaint]

Either Porky's or a Cheech and Chong. I was maybe 10 and they had to call my house to OK it because it was R rated. I was sweating but my brother answered the phone.

[tele7]

Not too sure, but Easy Money was one of the first.

[GreatAmericanZero]

im too young to remember this (i think video rentals have existed my whole life)

but i do remember the first movie my dad ever returned to the video store saying "this is too terrible, i dont think i should pay for this"

and that was the Dan Aykroyd classic "Doctor Detroit"

[Don Stugots]

Hang em High and Easy Money.

[PapaBear]

I'm not sure if was absolutely the first, but Repo Man was one of the first.

[paulisded]

Deep Throat - $4.99 for a two day rental in 1980.

[Devo37]

im too young to remember this (i think video rentals have existed my whole life)

but i do remember the first movie my dad ever returned to the video store saying "this is too terrible, i dont think i should pay for this"

and that was the Dan Aykroyd classic "Doctor Detroit"

never saw it, though Devo did the theme for Doctor Detroit (i had it on vinyl at one point):

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[midwestjeff]

I remember being 4 or 5 and riding on the back of my dad's motorcycle to return videos. We passed my mom on the way(lived on a dead end street) and I blurted out, "Yeah, we're returning some videos!". My dad cut me off and told her we were just going for a ride then told me under his breath to shut up.
I don't know if he fucked me while he watched the pornos, but I do know that I have found myself in the same situation 1000 times; one where I tell the truth when lying is expected.

blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah.

[Dirtbag]

Transformers the Movie is actually the answer to both questions. I rented that VHS practically every other weekend when I was a kid. The first thing I did after buying a PS2 was go to Amazon and order both Transformers the Movie and Season 1 of the show.

[midwestjeff]

Transformers the Movie is actually the answer to both questions. I rented that VHS practically every other weekend when I was a kid. The first thing I did after buying a PS2 was go to Amazon and order both Transformers the Movie and Season 1 of the show.

Bah-na-weep-grah-nah-weep-ninnibon.

[danner1515]

Couldn't tell you what my first rental was, but the first DVD I ever bought was Stop Making Sense. In fact, its release is what made me wind up buying a DVD player.

[weekapaugjz]

probably a care bears movie. i was a dopey little kid.

[biozombie]

Star Wars, and that was back when it was a common practice for video rental places to charge membership fees, at least it was that way in Central NJ in the early-mid 80s. My pops had to drop like $80 on a lifetime membership after spending something like $400-$600 on a VCR. I remember that shitty store always had the Martian Chronicles with Rock Hudson & it made me giggle even back then.

As far as DVDs go, I bought 5 or 6 at the same time I bought my first player, I remember having Mallrats, Jaws & Cobra. I was obsessed with how fucking awful Cobra was at the time...

[Mullenax]

The Great Muppet Caper. Miss Piggy rides a motorcycle and breaks out of jail, which is pretty cool for a girl puppet.
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[Mullenax]

Transformers the Movie is actually the answer to both questions. I rented that VHS practically every other weekend when I was a kid.

I did the same when I was a kid, recently re-watched and forgot how brutal it was when Optimus Prime dies, then gets robot rigor mortis and turns all gray... Fabulous soundtrack, though.

[CousinDave]

First VHS was Mary Poppins - yea I know what a fag, but I would have been 10 or 11 and it was my mom's choice - this was 81 or 82.

Had a Video Disc Player as well, Star Wars was probably the first

Laser Disc - Blade Runner

DVD - Highlander & The Fifth Element.

HD DVD - Transformers

Blu Ray - Iron Man

[sailor]

prob'ly glitter or honey.

[KatPw]

First VHS rental was Ghoulies. I don't remember the first DVD I rented, but the first one we bought was Gladiator.

[Patient zer0]

harry and the hendersons and monster squad